Columbia University Film Festival 2011

	24/7 (TV Pilot) Written by Alexis Perkins Marlin Roth's shaky first day at PCN, a 24-hour cable news network, is punctuated by a bloody administrative shakeup.
	30 Rock "Impersonations" Written by Shane Atkinson Liz has to out-sexy Jenna to win a feminist award. Meanwhile, Tracy decides to clone himself so that he can cover more ground. Jack hires Donnie Osmond in an attempt to impress his new boss.
	Art Thieves Written by Graham Mason Dalton, a cynical debt-ridden art professor, convinces Hank, a depressed dentist, to help him steal a collection of dishes from an art museum in Cape Cod.
	Dumb Written by Christopher Radcliff As a series of disappearances plagues his small town, shy teenager Alex is thrust violently into young adulthood when he falls for Julie, a volatile and troubled older girl.
	Modern Family "Letting Go" Written by Andy Parker It's time for a Dunphy family yard sale! But Claire gets more than she bargained for when Phil rediscovers his old rappelling gear.
	Poppies and Olives Written by Deb Shoval An Israeli-Palestinian lesbian love triangle unfolds when Layla arrives to spread her mother's ashes outside of her ancestral home in Jaffa and meets Tali, the Jewish-Israeli artist who lives there now.
	Trouble in Mind Written by Matthew Nolte Evans Haunted by his past, an elderly inmate recounts the true story of Robert Charles, a laborer turned folk hero for single-handedly taking on a mob of 10,000 angry whites, sparking the New Orleans Race Riot that gave birth to jazz.

	216 Garden Written by Olivia Newman 10-year-old Jason Avery wants to be a good son. The problem is heʼs also desperate to play the princess in the fifth-grade production of Arabian Nights. As Jason struggles to be a "normal" boy, his Alzheimerʼs-stricken grandmother may be the only one who can help him stop pretending.
	All That Glitters Written by Gina Atwater In 1943, an ambitious black jazz singer dreams of becoming a movie starlet despite the prejudices of the time and her husbandʼs attempts to discourage her fascination. When a white matinee idol takes an interest in her career, she is catapulted into the world of 1940s Hollywood with all its glitz, glamor, and disappointed hopes.
	Called (Television Pilot, Drama) Written by Andy Parker An evangelical pastor navigates the treacherous boundary between the spiritual and the pragmatic as he tries to hold his family together while shepherding a burgeoning mega- church.
	Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten Written by Yen-Chiao Huang I'll be gone. And you'll carry a piece of me wherever you go. In the summer of 1890, little Harriet and her brother befriend a circus runaway, Leo. Their adventure leads to her brother's death and Leo's capture. Fifteen years later, Harriet, haunted by guilt, dying from illness, leads a withdrawn life. Ryan, new in town, unaware of her past, falls in love with all the beautiful lies she told, asks for her hand in marriage. The moment of truth awaits. The circus returns.
	High Maintenance Written by Shawn Wines Hank's just an ordinary guy, trying to get his wife pregnant, but his disapproving mother- in-law keeps getting in the way. His desperate attempts to get rid of her lead him down a darkening path filled with guns, drugs, hookers, kidnapping, seedy motels, bad magicians, and karaoke. Finally, he's faced with a crisis so out of control that his life, his family, and his embarrassingly-low sperm count hang in the balance.
	Snapper Written by Claire Fowler After being ostracized from their traveling community, 15-year-old Mali, her 18-month-old daughter, Katie, and her tyrannical mother, Sivonne, park their caravan in a field in the middle of North Wales. Mali will do anything to settle down and create a normal life for Katie, even hiding her impoverished, nomadic lifestyle from the kids at school. But when Mali alienates trashy queen-bee Gemma and falls in love with stoner Rhys, she finds herself battling the authorities, Sivonne, and her own heart in a bid to make a new life for her daughter.